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000 

WGUS73 KSGF 312146

FFSSGF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

440 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008



MOC009-043-057-059-077-109-119-167-209-213-225-010000-

/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0031.000000T0000Z-080401T0000Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

LAWRENCE MO-GREENE MO-WEBSTER MO-DADE MO-STONE MO-POLK MO-DALLAS MO-

CHRISTIAN MO-BARRY MO-TANEY MO-MCDONALD MO-

440 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR

BARRY...CHRISTIAN...GREENE...LAWRENCE...MCDONALD...POLK...

SOUTHEASTERN DADE...SOUTHWESTERN DALLAS...STONE...TANEY AND WEBSTER

COUNTIES...



AT 437 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT 

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA. NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS WITH LOW WATER CROSSINGS WERE CLOSED DUE 

TO THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL SINCE THIS MORNING. RAINFALL TOTALS SINCE 

THIS MORNING HAVE RANGED FROM LOCALLY ONE INCH ACROSS 

BARRY...MCDONALD AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES...TO ONE HALF INCH ELSEWHERE. 



ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS ENDED...RUNOFF FROM THE EXCESSIVE 

RAINFALL...AND THE SATURATED SOILS CONDITIONS FROM RECENT 

FLOODING...WILL CAUSE RAPID RUNOFF AND A SIGNIFICANT RISE IN AREA 

STREAMS AND CREEKS. 



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED 

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS.



LAT...LON 3675 9462 3676 9406 3729 9406 3787 9311

      3750 9311 3749 9272 3705 9292 3682 9292

      3657 9277 3651 9278 3649 9462

TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 180DEG 0KT 3701 9343



$$



JLT

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000 

WGUS73 KSGF 312146

FFSSGF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

440 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008



MOC009-043-057-059-077-109-119-167-209-213-225-010000-

/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0031.000000T0000Z-080401T0000Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

LAWRENCE MO-GREENE MO-WEBSTER MO-DADE MO-STONE MO-POLK MO-DALLAS MO-

CHRISTIAN MO-BARRY MO-TANEY MO-MCDONALD MO-

440 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR

BARRY...CHRISTIAN...GREENE...LAWRENCE...MCDONALD...POLK...

SOUTHEASTERN DADE...SOUTHWESTERN DALLAS...STONE...TANEY AND WEBSTER

COUNTIES...



AT 437 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT 

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA. NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS WITH LOW WATER CROSSINGS WERE CLOSED DUE 

TO THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL SINCE THIS MORNING. RAINFALL TOTALS SINCE 

THIS MORNING HAVE RANGED FROM LOCALLY ONE INCH ACROSS 

BARRY...MCDONALD AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES...TO ONE HALF INCH ELSEWHERE. 



ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS ENDED...RUNOFF FROM THE EXCESSIVE 

RAINFALL...AND THE SATURATED SOILS CONDITIONS FROM RECENT 

FLOODING...WILL CAUSE RAPID RUNOFF AND A SIGNIFICANT RISE IN AREA 

STREAMS AND CREEKS. 



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED 

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS.



LAT...LON 3675 9462 3676 9406 3729 9406 3787 9311

      3750 9311 3749 9272 3705 9292 3682 9292

      3657 9277 3651 9278 3649 9462

TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 180DEG 0KT 3701 9343



$$



JLT

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